Any info on this unusual looking Pureoxia?

[FreeRangeAsparagus]

First pureoxia I’ve ever seen with this funky shape. Tempted to call it a torpedo if it weren’t for the flat bottom. I found it bouncing around in the Charles at a new spot.

 

[FreeRangeAsparagus]

 

[hemihampton]

Some might call that a Torpedo or Bowling Pin? What's the Charles for us that don't live in the Boston area? LEON.

 

[FreeRangeAsparagus]

Some might call that a Torpedo or Bowling Pin? What's the Charles for us that don't live in the Boston area? LEON.

Oops, sorry for the mystery. Big muddy river that winds 80 miles through many Massachusetts towns before dumping out in the Boston Harbor. I’ve always hunted for bottles at 4 specific spots but I’m starting to realize it would be harder to find a spot on the Charles without bottles. I grabbed this one in Needham.

 

[Skoda]

That shape is usually referred to as a "tenpin"- it was a less commonly utilized shape for soda bottles circa 1880's-1920's era. Pureoxia were a soda brewing/bottling company known mostly for their ginger ale and were bought out by Moxie at some point in the early 1900's. They were seemingly quite popular and therefor the bottles aren't particularly hard to find, but they look quite interesting regardless! Yours likely dates from the 1910's-early 1920's.

 

[hemihampton]

Ten pin was the word I was thinking of but couldn't remember it, Bowling Pin came to mind as a quick substitute. I got 3 cobalt blue Ten Pins from 1850's & 60's. Another guy mentioned a River like this but had a different name for it? LEON.

 

[FreeRangeAsparagus]

Ten pin was the word I was thinking of but couldn't remember it, Bowling Pin came to mind as a quick substitute. I got 3 cobalt blue Ten Pins from 1850's & 60's. Another guy mentioned a River like this but had a different name for it? LEON.

Perhaps Quinobequin? There are a few other big rivers in MA but this one is local for me.

 

[FreeRangeAsparagus]

That shape is usually referred to as a "tenpin"- it was a less commonly utilized shape for soda bottles circa 1880's-1920's era. Pureoxia were a soda brewing/bottling company known mostly for their ginger ale and were bought out by Moxie at some point in the early 1900's. They were seemingly quite popular and therefor the bottles aren't particularly hard to find, but they look quite interesting regardless! Yours likely dates from the 1910's-early 1920's.
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Thanks for the info, I'm familiar with Pureoxia but had never seen a tenpin shape before, just straight-sided ones. Appreciate the dating too! I could only find a handful of pictures online of similarly shaped bottles with no info attached of course. Have a good one!

 

[Cobrien.cdm]

That shape is usually referred to as a "tenpin"- it was a less commonly utilized shape for soda bottles circa 1880's-1920's era. Pureoxia were a soda brewing/bottling company known mostly for their ginger ale and were bought out by Moxie at some point in the early 1900's. They were seemingly quite popular and therefor the bottles aren't particularly hard to find, but they look quite interesting regardless! Yours likely dates from the 1910's-early 1920's.
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Thanks for the info, I'm familiar with Pureoxia but had never seen a tenpin shape before, just straight-sided ones. Appreciate the dating too! I could only find a handful of pictures online of similarly shaped bottles with no info attached of course. Have a good one!

 

[Cobrien.cdm]

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This Boston based bottling company’s market stretched out into Worcester County which is 50 miles west of Boston.